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Diary of a Shutdown: A Furloughed Worker Watches 24 Hours of CNN

Diary of a Shutdown: A Furloughed Worker Watches 24 Hours of CNN

On the Mundane Horror of Government Shutdown News

By Ryan McDonald | January 22, 2019

An Account of the Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by the Police Officer, Lynwood Shull

An Account of the Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard by the Police Officer, Lynwood Shull

A Decorated WWII Veteran Returns to the Jim Crow South

By Richard Gergel | January 22, 2019

On the Absurdities of Law on the US-Mexican Border

On the Absurdities of Law on the US-Mexican Border

"I tried to imagine what heritage a border could have."

By J. J. Mulligan Sepúlveda | January 22, 2019

On Black Millennials in Search of the New South

On Black Millennials in Search of the New South

Reniqua Allen Tackles the Idea of the "Black Mecca"

By Reniqua Allen | January 18, 2019

This Science Fiction Novelist Created a Feminist Language from Scratch

This Science Fiction Novelist Created a Feminist Language from Scratch

There's Even a Word For Emotional Labor!

By Rebecca Romney | January 15, 2019

The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

The Scientific Case for Calling the President a Motherf*cker

Emma Byrne on the Rhetorical Power of Profanity

By Emma Byrne | January 11, 2019

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Why Does Women's Writing About Relationships Need to be “Relatable”?

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The Intersectionality Wars: Does the Term Even Mean Anything Anymore?

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When Privilege Confronts Its Past: On the Mexican-American Dream

By Angela Morales | January 4, 2019

When American Artists Tried to Start a Television Revolution

When American Artists Tried to Start a Television Revolution

From Fluxus to Abbie Hoffman, Between Warhol and Castro...

By John J. Curley | January 4, 2019

MLK's Radical Alternative to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty

MLK's Radical Alternative to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty

An “Economic Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged"

By Sylvie Laurent | January 2, 2019

What Happened to Nicolás Maduro's

What Happened to Nicolás Maduro's "Socialism"?

On False Promises and Economic Crises in Venezuela

By Mike Gonzalez | December 21, 2018

Margaret Atwood: If We Lose the Free Press, We Cease to Be a Democracy

Margaret Atwood: If We Lose the Free Press, We Cease to Be a Democracy

On the Murder of Journalists and Stifling of Speech

By Margaret Atwood | December 20, 2018

Imagining a Black, Queer Aboriginal Melbourne

Imagining a Black, Queer Aboriginal Melbourne

On the Urban Design and Activism of Lisa Bellear

By Timmah Ball | December 12, 2018

My Year of Writing Anonymously

My Year of Writing Anonymously

Stacey D'Erasmo on the Freedom of Losing a Byline

By Stacey D'Erasmo | December 11, 2018

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

On James Baldwin's Dispatches from the Heart of the Civil Rights Movement

The Making of an Iconic Essayist

By Ed Pavlić | December 10, 2018

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